Fillet of beef with brandy, mushroom and mustard sauce

By: Ed Baines From: Good Food Live

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Prep time:
40 mins
Cook time:
25 mins
Serves:
2

Beef fillet, crisp potatoes, a lip-smacking sauce and truffle-dressed watercress make a mouth-watering combination from Ed Baines

Ingredients

  • 225g fillet of beef
  • large bunch of Watercress, to serve

For the sauce:

For the Pomme Pont Neuf:

  • 2 Maris Piper potatoes, cut into large oblongs
  • oil, for deep fat frying

For the truffle dressing:

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Method

1. Hammer out the steak between 2 sheets of cling film until doubled in size.

2. To make the Pomme Pont Neuf, cut potatoes into large oblongs and blanch in boiling salted water for 4 minutes.

3. Drain the potatoes. Heat the oil in a deep fat fryer to 180°C, and fry the potatoes until crisp.

4. To make the sauce, melt the butter in a frying pan and add the chopped shallot and garlic.

5. Stir in the finely chopped button mushrooms, pour over the brandy and beef stock, and reduce gently by three quarters.

6. Stir in the Dijon mustard, chopped parsley and double cream.

7. For the truffle dressing, whisk the egg yolk and slowly pour over truffle oil.

8. Stir in the lemon juice and chopped parsley and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

9. Griddle the steak, adjusting the cooking time according to taste.

10. Divide the watercress between 2 dinner plates and drizzle with truffle dressing. Top with the cooked steak, surrounded by the sauce and Pont Neuf potatoes.

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Latest Comment

This sauce is easy to cook and tastes lovely!

HelenN78906 HelenN78906 Posted 26 Feb 2009 7:40 PM
 

try adding a splash of red wine to the sauce

wendyJ67107 wendyJ67107 Posted 17 Jan 2009 2:27 PM